Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith

Mas falta aquele algo a mais para se consolidar como uma obra prima como muitos a consideram. Seu estilo é cartunesco, e a narrativa tem um apelo infanto-juvenil.Įsta nova origem é aclamada por respeitar as origens místicas, fantásticas e com um tom de humor do personagem. Jeff Smith não quis reescrever a origem do herói Shazam em um modelo pós-watchmen, ou hiperrealista. Primeiramente, para tirar isso do caminho: um livro ou obra tem que ser julgada pelo efeito que ela se propõe a causar.

Para quem não conhece Bone, série ganhadora de diversos prêmios Eisner, vale a pena dar uma conferida. Lançado originalmente em 2007 pela DC Comics, e em Dezembro de 2014 pela Panini no Brasil (em uma bela edição de capa dura), Shazam! & a Sociedade dos Monstros é considerado o grande trabalho de Jeff Smithapós sua série seminal, Bone. Between projects, Smith spends much of his time on the international guest circuit promoting comics and the art of graphic novels. In 2007, DC Comics released Smith’s first non-creator owned work, SHAZAM! Monster Society of Evil, a four-part mini-series recreating a classic serial from comic’s Golden Age. publisher Scholastic entered the graphic novel market by launching a new imprint, Graphix with a full color version of BONE: Out from Boneville, bringing the underground comic to a new audience and a new generation. In the Spring of 2005, Harry Potter’s U.S. In 1992, Jeff’s wife Vijaya Iyer joined the company as partner to handle publishing and distribution, licensing, and foreign language publications. Word of mouth, critical acclaim, and a string of major awards helped propel Cartoon Books and BONE to the forefront of the comic book industry. Against all odds, the small company flourished, building a reputation for quality stories and artwork. In 1991, he launched a company called Cartoon Books to publish his comic book BONE, a comedy/adventure about three lost cousins from Boneville.

See other authors with similar names.īorn and raised in the American mid-west, Jeff Smith learned about cartooning from comic strips, comic books, and watching animation on TV. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith